DB Inns Limited
Registered name: DB INNS LIMITED
DB Inns Limited made £719k revenue and £70.6k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
DB Inns Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £719k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £70.6k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Clacton-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £359k | £598k | £630k | £719k |
| Profit after tax | £16.7k | £27.2k | £24.1k | £70.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £16.7k | £27.2k | £24.1k | £70.6k |
| Staff costs | £81k | £146k | £187k | £191k |
| Employees (average) | — | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £59.8k | £63k | £71.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.7k | £2.4k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲66.9% | ▲5.3% | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63% | ▼11.4% | ▲193.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £20.7k | £33.6k | £29.8k | £95.3k |
| Fixed assets | — | £12.2k | £10.7k | £9.1k |
| Current assets | £53.7k | £58.1k | £52.9k | £163k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲220%
- Now £95.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £9.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £70.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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